sloth英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Laziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a feeling combining indifference and lethargy; a dragging idleness. uncountable

— Hot summer days inspire a sense of sloth in me.
Any animal in the suborder Folivora.; Any herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Choloepodidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity. countable,especially,uncountable
Any animal in the suborder Folivora.; Any of the extinct group of ground sloths. countable,uncountable
A group of bears. collective,countable,rare

动词 v.

To be idle; to idle (away time). intransitive,obsolete,transitive

— He has been slothing this whole weekend.

词形变化

sloths plural sleuth alternative sloath alternative slowth alternative sloths present,singular,third-person slothing participle,present slothed participle,past slothed past sleuth alternative sloath alternative slowth alternative

词汇关系

近义词

tardigrade

下位词

one-toed sloth two-toed sloth three-toed sloth four-toed sloth Australian sloth ground sloth pale-throated sloth

衍生词

forsloth ground sloth Microsloth native sloth sloth animalcule sloth bear slothen slothful slothlike sloth monkey slothy tree sloth

词源

词源 1

From Middle English slouthe, slewthe (“laziness”), from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiwiþu, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).

词源 2

From Middle English slouthe, slewthe (“laziness”), from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiwiþu, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).